The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has combined the operations of its cardiac surgery, vascular surgery and cardiology departments to create the Heart and Vascular Institute, according to a hospital news release.
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Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital has become the first hospital in the state to perform bronchial thermoplasty, a non-drug procedure for patients 18 years and older whose asthma is not well-controlled with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-agonists, according to a hospital…
Patients with small kidney tumors are more likely to be offered treatment options based on surgeons' case volume and type of practice than on tumor characteristics, according to Mayo Clinic research findings.
Physicians at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati are the first in the Greater Cincinnati region to utilize technology in order to perform heart valve replacement on patients who do not qualify for surgery, according to a hospital news release.
More physicians are performing cardiac catheterizations by accessing the heart through wrist arteries rather than those in the leg, reducing patient recovery time, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report. Many payors pay for the alternate site and there is less…
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High-risk patients undergoing heart transplants at low-volume transplant centers have a higher mortality than rate than those at high-volume centers, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. George J. Arnaoutakis, MD, of…
Although stable pelvic fractures rarely lead to significant bleeding, there are several independent predictors of significant bleeding due to SPF, according to research published in the Archives of Surgery.
Research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital suggests tai chi exercise may improve the quality of life for patients with systolic heart failure, according to a study published in the Archives of…
A hybrid operating room, created by merging surgical and catheter-based procedures into one setting, could yield numerous advantages, including decreased procedure times, less-invasive procedures and faster recovery times for patients, according to a Cardiovascular Business news report.
Research published in the April 2011 issue of Anesthesiology examines whether the hormone plasma B-type natriuretic peptide helps indicate which patients are at risk of adverse cardiac events after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.